“Coach was telling me to knock it down and that’s what I did,” Thompson said.

Senior forward Gerard Anderson filled up the stat sheet with 14 points, six rebounds, five assists and four steals, including a monstrous dunk with four minutes left in regulation that had the Titan bench roaring.

When asked about the win, Anderson said, “It really hasn’t set in yet, but about this time tomorrow it’s going to feel real good.”

Sophomore guard Malcolm Lee and Roll led the Bruins with 17 points apiece.

Senior forward Nikola Dragovic, the lone starter from last season’s Bruin squad, was only 1 of 9 from 3-point range.

The game tipped off at 9 p.m. PST as the first game in ESPN’s 24-hour College Hoops Season Tip-Off special.

CSUF recorded its first victory against UCLA, after going winless in their first nine meetings, which were all at Pauley Pavilion.

“Not many teams come in here and beat UCLA, so it’s big for us,” Streeter said. “It’s a real big statement that we wanted to make.”

The Titans were not intimidated one bit in this David and Goliath matchup, as the Bruins looked more like the former than the latter.

CSUF started out with big-game jitters, with two traveling violations and a couple of missed shots around the basket.